Espresso Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Ben Stringer as new Chief Financial Officer to the organisation.
Mr. Stringer will report to Richard McGrath, Group Managing Director, and will join Espresso´s Board of Directors. Previously he was CFO of Thomson Learning International where he was responsible for educational businesses outside of the US. During his 4–year tenure, revenues of the International portfolio grew in excess of 40% to over $500 million. The Thomson Learning assets were acquired by private equity firm Apax in July 2007 and are now trading under the name of Cengage Learning. Previously, Mr Stringer had held a number of senior finance positions within publishing, education and media including higher education, library reference, distance learning, school publishing and cable TV.
He commented, "I am delighted to be able to join a business with a proven track record of genuine innovation and growth. There are many exciting opportunities ahead for the Espresso group and hope that my experience will help in its next stage of development."
Espresso Group´s Managing Director, Richard McGrath, comments, "The appointment of Mr. Stringer as CFO is a significant appointment for Espresso Group. The experience and skills he brings to Espresso will ensure we are rigorously managing our continued growth and success in the educational market both in the UK and internationally."
About Espresso Group
The Espresso Group is a market leading group of companies based in the UK dedicated to developing and delivering content, learning platforms and web portal applications to the education markets.
The group consists of three subsidiary businesses:
- Espresso Education, the UK market leader in the provision of video–based digital curriculum services to primary and secondary schools (featuring Espresso Primary, Clipbank and Channel 4 Learning), which includes an international division that licenses and distributes content into more than 40 countries worldwide;
- Netmedia Education, one of the UK´s largest providers of learning platform, web portal and interoperability & identity management services to RBCs, local authorities and schools; and
- Education Media Delivery, the leading online content delivery service for educational software to RBCs, local authorities and schools in the UK.
